Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 04:07:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Steve <steve@n2sw.com> Subject: Re: new guy has a perl/port question Message-ID: <20040723110721.20928.qmail@web51606.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200407222251.45261.kstewart@owt.com>
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--- Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> wrote: > On Friday 23 July 2004 01:41 am, Steve wrote: > > how do i upgrade fbsd 4.9 perl 5.8.0 installed > from ports, to perl > > 5.8.4 > > portupgrade perl > use.perl port <-- don't forget this command though. just for additional info: FreeBSD has already been shifted with a perl interpreter/compiler and so, if you will do a `perl -v` on a freshly installed freebsd.. chances are you will end up with a line similar to this: "This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd" So if you'll ever want to use the version that was installed through port system, don't forget to run the "use.perl" script located somewhere in your /usr/local/bin. Best of luck, -jay __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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